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Hi Carmela's Mom,
I highly recommend the book, "The Colour of Difference" - the many adult adoptees share their views on exactly the questions you'd asked. Also, is highly recommended "Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections" (you can probably buy both online). When I attended the Adopted Families of Queensland's International Day, where hundreds of families who'd adopted kids from overseas, both books were widely circulated.
I didn't feel racial prejudice within my own adoptive family, but I hated the stares when we went to China when I was a teenager. Some of the locals thought that I was a Chinese prostitute hustling my adoptive father since he was holding my hand.
Regards,
Ripples
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